astrolabe

Summary

astrolabe ranks in the top 0.9% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,033 views/month, #704 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• astrolabe is a type of astronomical instrument^[2].
• astrolabe is a type of inclinometer^[3].
• astrolabe's Commons category is recorded as Astrolabes^[4].
• astrolabe comprises plate^[5].
• astrolabe comprises rete^[6].
• astrolabe comprises mater^[7].
• astrolabe's Commons gallery is recorded as Astrolabe^[8].
• astrolabe's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[9].
• astrolabe's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• astrolabe's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• astrolabe's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.^[12].
• astrolabe's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[13].
• astrolabe's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• astrolabe's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[15].
• astrolabe's described by source is recorded as Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste^[16].
• astrolabe's described by source is recorded as Q12049440^[17].
• astrolabe's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[18].
• astrolabe's replaced by is recorded as octant^[19].
• astrolabe's replaced by is recorded as quadrant^[20].
• astrolabe's replaced by is recorded as sextant^[21].
• astrolabe's different from is recorded as cosmolabe^[22].
• astrolabe's measures is recorded as angle^[23].
• astrolabe's measures is recorded as distance^[24].
• astrolabe's measures is recorded as height^[25].
• astrolabe's measures is recorded as depth^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include astronomical instrument^[2] and inclinometer^[3].

Use and Application

Components include plate^[5], rete^[6], and mater^[7].

Influence

Things named for astrolabe include L'Astrolabe^[27], a patrol vessel^[28]; Astrolábos^[29], an exoplanet^[30]; and Astralabius^[31], a religious figure^[32], 1116–1171^[33], of France^[34].

Why It Matters

astrolabe ranks in the top 0.9% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,033 views/month, #704 of 77,819).^[1] astrolabe has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] astrolabe is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for astrolabe include L'Astrolabe^[27], a patrol vessel^[28]; Astrolábos^[29], an exoplanet^[30]; and Astralabius^[31], a religious figure^[32], 1116–1171^[33], of France^[34].